Thirteen months ago, some residents of Oakland called for the resignation
of Pitt Chancellor Mark Nordenberg over the university’s failure
to care for the community.

It is often said that the means to an end is more important than the
end itself. Although the chancellor has been and will continue to be
praised by others for the advancements made by the university during
his tenure, many of those advancements were made at the expense of the
university's local community.

Regardless of the outcome of the embarrassing debacle pertaining to the
firing of Pitt's football head coach, men and women of good conscience
must seriously consider breaking their silence in order to create a change
in Pitt's administration, an action that can genuinely inspire hope of
a bright new future for both the university and the community of Oakland.